Week 4 day 3.... Turtle shuffling all the way to 5k

Well folks, Week 4 is in the books.

I made it through. Yesterday I really think I could have kept going, but I really didn't want to. So I didn't. It wasn't bad though, and I wasn't completely spent by the end. Good food = good run. I am becoming a believer of the banana and bagel pre run snack. Though I really should not use the word run, 4.5 mph equals an awkward looking wog at best (walk/jog). So I guess, actually, good food = good awkward wogging. But hey, I am a PROUD wogger. 4.5 mph is better than 0 any day of the week.

Also, yesterday was weigh in day! I am happy to report that I have slid down the scale from 206 to 202.4. Down 3.6 lbs! No magic weight loss secrets, supplements, or gimmicks, just good old fashioned calorie counting and sweating my rear end off. But really I don't sweat, I just gush liquid awesome. True story.

In just a few short days I will be half way through the program. When I started day 1 I was optimistic, but doubtful. I am happy to report that is still the case. I've come to realize that if I aim low with my expectations I tend to do better. If I aim high and miss, the disappointment gets to me. But if I aim low and score big it really gets me going.

Next weeks schedule looks pretty rough. Until now, most of the weeks have had the same thing going on ever day. This week looked like this:

Days 1-3- warm up, jog 3, walk 1.5, jog 5, walk 2.5, jog 3, walk 1.5, jog 5, cool down

Next week looks like this:

Day 1- warm up, jog 5, walk 3, jog 5, walk 3, jog 5 cool down
Day 2- warm up, jog 8, walk 5, jog 8 cool down
Day 3- warm up, JOG 20, cool down

What were they thinking?! I really believe they are using some sort of crazy reverse psychology here. Because by seeing that TWENTY minute jog at the end of the week, I don't even care that there's a jump from 5 to 8 minutes. I already know that will be nothing compared to 20 straight minutes. I am 100% positive that I have never in my entire life jogged for 20 minutes straight. NEVER. EVER. I played sports for 8 years, and in all of those years, I never once ran/jogged for 20 minutes.

So, I really believe that somehow between now and next Thursday I have got to master two things:

1. How to breathe correctly without thinking about it, and
2. How to get lost in my thoughts and forget about what my legs are doing.

If anyone has any words of wisdom, I'd be happy to hear them.

Until next time folks!